[-] stu@lemmy.pit.ninja 17 points 1 year ago

Well it's not really numerically the same as voting for the candidate you hate the most, it's numerically the same as not voting. And to be honest, it really only matters if you're in a potential swing state. And I'm saying this as someone who still votes despite having lived in a deep red state where my presidential vote always doesn't matter (but I go anyway because down ballot votes do matter and I might as well vote the whole ballot).

[-] stu@lemmy.pit.ninja 16 points 1 year ago

Well, I don't know about you, but I haven't been particularly impressed by the results that an already dumb populace has achieved recently in America. So America getting even dumber doesn't particularly bode well...

We ought to be concerned about the numbers even if there's not much we can do about the kids entering adulthood.

[-] stu@lemmy.pit.ninja 19 points 1 year ago

The article actually addressed this and apparently they are even developing some resistance to diatomaceous earth. The only sure fire treatments described are extreme heat or cold. It's a pretty horrifying situation we've made for ourselves.

[-] stu@lemmy.pit.ninja 17 points 1 year ago

A lawsuit when 23 states were already doing it? GOP's voter rolls are going to grow too.

[-] stu@lemmy.pit.ninja 15 points 1 year ago

If it came out today, it might hit that sweet spot of being too edgy for liberal parents and too "woke" for conservatives

[-] stu@lemmy.pit.ninja 13 points 1 year ago

18 is old enough to give them a rifle.

Actually 17 with parental consent.

[-] stu@lemmy.pit.ninja 17 points 1 year ago

I don't understand how Apple still has such massive foreheads and cutouts on the top of their screen. How do people know at a glance which apps have unread notifications?

[-] stu@lemmy.pit.ninja 14 points 1 year ago

Eyewitnesses are notoriously unreliable at picking people out of a lineup as well. But I can kind of understand how if two unreliable systems point to the same person, that could be seen as enough for an arrest. It shouldn't have taken nearly as long for her to be cleared of any charges, however.

[-] stu@lemmy.pit.ninja 13 points 1 year ago

Right, why would people assume he's saying Jews killed Jesus when he did not, in fact, say anything about Jews and Jews did not kill Jesus? I could make the argument that people assuming the worst possible interpretation of Jamie Foxx's words is, in itself, potentially offensive, but I'm not going to jump to conclusions about why they jumped to those conclusions. These types of non stories happen all the time on Twitter and get way more traction than they ever should. We shouldn't even be talking about this right now lol

[-] stu@lemmy.pit.ninja 19 points 1 year ago

The Satanic Temple is who you're probably thinking of because the Church of Satan doesn't do much of anything except post snarky things on X and whine about how TST isn't real Satanism and how TST shouldn't be engaging in political action.

[-] stu@lemmy.pit.ninja 19 points 1 year ago

I think it's perfectly reasonable to say, "I don't know." Ascribing supernatural significance or explanations to what was likely a natural phenomenon isn't helpful.

[-] stu@lemmy.pit.ninja 17 points 1 year ago

Somebody read Little House on the Prairie once and said, "I can do that!" I'm joking, but only slightly.

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